John Jensen on tue 28 aug 01
I'm no kind of expert on Bali, but I've heard a few things. One story is
that some thousands or hundreds of years ago the Chinese business oriented
culture moved into indonesia and all the artist moved to Bali. I understand
the Balinese have a culture based much more on art than on technology. They
decorate everything. Poured concrete is carved before it gets a chance to
set. So, anyway....somebody says to a Balinese guy, "how come you people
are all artists?" The Balinese guy answers, "What artist? We just do
everything as well as we can." Which I take to mean that they put their
whole heart, soul, craftmanship, training, spirituality, etc. into their
work. The Balinese have a celebration every hundred years to insure the
continuation of the planet, but each time they do it they make it all up
again because no one alive has ever done it before. Last time was in the
Eighties...apparantly they did a good job, 'cause we're still here. They
don't have one calender but a whole panoply of calenders to measure all
sorts of different rhythms of nature and life.
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John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery
mudbug@toad.net www.Toadhouse.com
jay s. gertz on wed 29 aug 01
Too bad we're not more like the Balinese..
Art and beauty are so far removed from the everyday (average) American
existence.
American culture = "tear down paradise, put up a parking lot" or
McDonald's or prefab metal strip retail shoppe'
Don't get me started...sorry
mungo
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Jensen"
To:
Sent: 28 August, 2001 6:04 PM
Subject: Art in Bali
> I'm no kind of expert on Bali, but I've heard a few things. One
story is
> that some thousands or hundreds of years ago the Chinese business
oriented
> culture moved into indonesia and all the artist moved to Bali. I
understand
> the Balinese have a culture based much more on art than on technology.
They
> decorate everything. Poured concrete is carved before it gets a
chance to
> set. So, anyway....somebody says to a Balinese guy, "how come you
people
> are all artists?" The Balinese guy answers, "What artist? We just do
> everything as well as we can." Which I take to mean that they put
their
> whole heart, soul, craftmanship, training, spirituality, etc. into
their
> work. The Balinese have a celebration every hundred years to insure
the
> continuation of the planet, but each time they do it they make it all
up
> again because no one alive has ever done it before. Last time was in
the
> Eighties...apparantly they did a good job, 'cause we're still here.
They
> don't have one calender but a whole panoply of calenders to measure
all
> sorts of different rhythms of nature and life.
>
> +
> John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery
> mudbug@toad.net www.Toadhouse.com
>
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